"University graduates' rush for civil service posts shows their doubts about fair competition, their concern over the social security net and their uncertainty about the future. The government should create a level playing field for employment and entrepreneurship."

Chu Jianguo, a professor of politics at Wuhan University, talking about the preference for civil service posts in a report in People's Daily on Sept 23.

"The academy is ready to cooperate with another party at this time when everyone talks about being international. Since Wanda has this plan of establishing a Qingdao international film festival, the academy's support is the right thing happening at the right time in the right place."

Hawk Koch, former Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president, speaking on Sept 22 at the announcement of plans by Dalian Wanda Group Co Ltd to establish a huge movie industry project in Qingdao, Shandong province.

"Although after 30 years of fast economic expansion, certain factors that used to support such rapid growth have faded away, such as the abundant supply of labor and inexpensive natural resources, China's fundamentals are unchanged."

Sheng Laiyun, National Bureau of Statistics spokesman, says the central government's recent determination that a minimum 7 percent economic growth rate is acceptable.

(China Daily European Weekly 09/27/2013 page3)